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The Greentown Gem - 1924-01-31

The Greentown Gem – 1924-01-31 - Page 1

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M s. Dora Leming is on the sickt Mrs. Mat Romack spent Saturday
list. in Kokomo.
Mrs. Covalt is spending the day Mrs. Frank Wise was a Kokomo
visitor, Saturday.
Mrs. Arvilla Linville spent Friday
in Kokomo.
Leo Seagraves made a business trip
to Kokomo, Monday.
Miss Blanche Smith spent Saturday
visitor Saturday. morning in Kokomo.
Mrs. Ellis Cates spent Tuesday with Elijah Haworth, living east of here,
is reported on the sick list.
J. H. McCann and wife spent the
week end with Ray Green and wife.
_ Miss Ethel McKenzie spent the
week end with friends at Montpelier.
Mrs. Orley Smith was the guest of
Mrs. Ernest Fleming, Saturday after-noon.
Truman Pierce of Kokomo, spent
the week end with Gilbert Collins and
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in Marion.
Mrs. Jane Hammer spent Saturday
in Kokomo.
Raymond Allen spent Sunday at his
home near Swayzee.
Miss Thelma Scherer was a Marion
Ray Moss and wife, east of here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lige Gallion spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: John Hunt.
Miss Marguerite Babcock was the_
Monday night guest of Florence Bell.
Miss Ruth Thomas visited Mrs. Will
Ham Lord from Saturday until Mon-day.
Mrs. U. S. Brannen was reported on
the sick list the latter part of last
GREENTOWN HATCHERY
PURCHASED BY WM. LORD
DISCOVERED WHEN DOORS
WERE OPENED NEXT MORNING
THE GREEN TOWN GEM
SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION
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FE l a GC per 1 or - 1- 19 e. people of Soastarz7 t ) 0m7 1.- y $ 1.50 Per Vests.
NUMBER 27.
THIRTIETH
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924.
Lon Hosier and wife were Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ones Smith were Sun-dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. - day dinner guests of Charles Hague
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker spent
Sunday with their son Floyd Walker
and family.
Mr. and Mrs C. W. Hamer visited
Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mast at Swayzee,
last Friday.
Miss Margaret Wooton attended a
Valentine party given at Kokomo,
Fenn.
John Gentry of near Sycamore, is
recoveting from an attack of penu-monia.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley Golding made
a business trip to Kokomo, Monday
afternoon.
Miss Lida Bogue was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Os Zirkle and
Mr. and Mts. Charles Hague and
family spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. Orley Smith.
Mrs. Harvey Street spent Tuesday
at Sycamore at the home of Arthur dinner guests Friday evening of Dr.
Cranor and family. and Mrs. E. U. Powell.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Coffin of Tipton, Mr and Mrs. Earl Mast and chil-were
guests of R. C. Holman and fam dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
ily; Tuesday evening.
Lowell Brumit attended the hard-ware
convention at Indianapolis, Tues-day
and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Zirkle were
Sunday evening guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Merl.; Bagwell.
N. W. King at Amboy.
Miss Cleo Fowler of Kokomo, spent
the week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Shird Fowler.
Earl Armstrong left last Friday
for Leetoria, Ky., where he will be
employed on the railroad.
Alaio, and Mrs. Lora Armfield were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Street and
• est of — 4' 5 reit. vi, ed Jar Trott ar I farn-and
family, Wednesday.' . at E.•; Crin • re. St/ may. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Rosco, Collins visited Misses Mildred Smeltzer and Edra
Mr. and Mrs. Obe Murphy and chil-dren
at Logansport, Sunday.
Mrs. Morris Payton and son went
to Sidney, 0., Saturday to join Mr.
Payton, who is employed there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Symons of Jer-ome,
spent Wednesday with Bert Sy-mons
and family of Greentown.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Applegate vis-ited
their daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ault
and children at Kokomo, last Thurs-day.
Ronald Freeman, student at Pit,
due University, came Monday for a
few days' visit with friends and rela-tives.
Pan Echelbarger and famik of near
Point Isabel, were dinner guests Sun-day
of Mr. and Mrs. William Wag-gaman.
Miss Madge Kilander visited her
parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kilander,
north of here, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gowan and
daughter Annabelle, of Swayzee, were
guests of Marvin Babcock and fam-ily,
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Glen Kelley and chil-dren
Ruth and Wilbur, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lora Armfield, west of Cen-ter,
Sunday.
Mrs U. S. Brannen had as guests,
Wednesday. Mrs. 0. C. Hunsinger,
Mrs. H. J. Middlesworth, and Miss Ida
Woodmansee.
Mr. and Mrs. LOT1 Kemper enter-tained
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ora
Hunsinger, Miss Ida Woodmansee and
Clint Hunsinger.
Mrs. Sadie Shrader returned home
Sunday night after spending the past
week with her daughter, Mrs. Lands
Lord and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Foland en-tertained
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Chest-er
Wright and son and Jack Rosen-heimer
and family.
Miss Margaret Wooton was a guest
at a dinner party Tuesday evening,
given by Miss Nola Sandy for Miss
Margaret Critchlow.
Mrs. Harry Lindley returned to
Gary, Saturday, after an extended
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Smith and family.
Glen DeLong and family and Mrs.
Walker and daughter Francis, of Ko-komo,
were dinner guests Sunday of
J. W. DeLong and family.
Mrs. Robert Ettinger and Mrs.
Ralph Miller spent last Wednesday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mat-chette
and family, east of here.
Hanley Golding and wife visited his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Golding
and family, north of here, Sunday.
Miss Mabel Johnson was also a guest
there.
Charles Ware and wife, L. S. Ware,
daughter and granddaughter, Mrs.
Angie Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Har-old
Ware, attended the funeral of Mrs.
Caroline Conway at West Liberty,
Sunday morning, and were dinner
guests of J. W. Ware and wife.
Rev C. L. White and wife were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Lee and baby, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fulwider were
Over forty essays were submitted
in the Americanization contest con-ducted
by the local post of the Amer-ican
Legion which held an entertain-ment
in connection with the award-ing
of prizes at the high school build-ing.
Tuesday evening.
First prize in the senior high school
of ten dollars in gold was awarded to However, according to the legend,
Miss Fern Powell of Greentown, with such was not the case. That is, in- - Priday night.
the second awarded to Miss Vera terpreting it with a certain amount famiRlyo, b Serut nHd. a yh. d wife were din- Rev. J. W. Lower was the dinner
schools. First prize in the junior
high school contests went to Miss
Vivian Curless, of the Union Town-ship
School, and second to Miss Char-lene
Ervin, of Greentown. Both first
prizes were of ten. dollars in gold and
second five dollars.
Although the attendance was keen-ly
disappointed in the fact that State
Commander Ball, of the Legion, was
prevented appearing as the principal
speaker, F. B. Neyhart, local com-mander,
expressed complete satisfac-tion
with the program. Commander
Ball was unable to appear because of
illness.
The principal address on the pro-gram
was made by Prof. Snyder, of
the Greentown High School. Other
features of the program included com-munity
singing, songs by the Union tbove. Even he is doubtful.
High School quartette, and solos
GeFoorgrem Haelf fpi rinesentation of the awards Ca Er-• ‘. F:' SE G. Tc ) 131-
was made by W. W. Dragoo.
Following is Miss Powell's essay:,
How to Make American, American
Body, of the Howard Township of poetic license, the observer was guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Hul-convinced
that because the groundhog I1' er guests of Frank McCann and fam-was
a groundhog and the second of ily, Wednesday. linger, Friday.
February was that year sunshiny, Mrs. Harry Woods and Mrs. Almon Rev. George Cole returned here Fri-there
must be a startling significance Hunt were shopping in Kokomo, Sat- lay after helping in a revival meet-attached
thereto. urday morning. I ine., - near Lafayette.
ruminated at great length on
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stahl were Arthur Vanlue of near Converse,
haHving met the littele creature . Saun- Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. arid spent Thursday with his father, Al-tered
home Took pen in hand. And Mrs. F. M. Covalt. bert Vanlue and wife.
to this day, humanity is favored with
the great fact that inasmuch as said
groundhog was enabled to see his
shadow, because of said sunshine,
everafter, under like circumstances,
the weather would not be so good for
six weeks. Or was it one, or eight ?
Having performed a great work for
humanity, the ancient prognosticator
called it a day, unfortunately leaving
the world in ' the dark in event the
day had been cloudy.
The hog in question is pictured
Hawkins attended the show at the
Victory, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Millie Barrett of Kokomo,
spent Thursday here with Miss Mad-eline
Woods and other friends.
Torn Fenn and Lon Hosier attended
the funeral of Mrs. Charles Conway
at West Liberty, Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Lamb visited
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ell
Warnock and family at Kokomo, Sun-day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Trott of Syca-more,
visited their daughter, Mrs.
Harvey Street and family, Wednes-day.
Miss Alta Maddock of west of Ko-komo,
spent the week end here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Mad-dock.
Miss Marjorie Mason of Kokomo,
was the guest Thursday afternoon and
night of Mrs. Jennie Gallion and other
relatives.
Mrs. Edith Coss of Indianapolis,
visited her sister, Mrs. Marvin Bab-cock
and family, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Sabilla Powell visited her
daughter, Mrs. Florence Hughes, and
other relatives at Kokomo, over the
week end.
Mrs. Elijah Haworth visited Mrs
Della Haworth and daughter Mary, at
Kokomo, from Friday until Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manring went
to Frankfort. Wednesday, for a few
days' visit with their son, John Man-ring
and wife.
Miss Blanche Byrant and Dr. Don-ald
Woods of Swavzee, were: dinner
guests Sunday of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 0. J. Woods.
Mr. William Scott returned to his
home at Logansport, Monday after
a several days' visit with Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Murray.
Chester Gang spent Thursday in
Elkhart and was accompanied home
by Mrs. Gang who had visited there
the past four weeks.
Harry Clymer, wife and daughter,
of near Peru, visited Mrs. Clymer's
sister, Mrs. Lowell Brumit and fam-ily,
Saturday night and Sunday.
Frank McCann and family were
Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Cohee. Mrs. Cohee is slowly recover-ing
from a cold and complications.
Letus Lamb and family entertained
Sunday J. B. Freeman and wife, Rolla
Freeman and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Lamb and daughter Violet.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Maddock of Da-kota,
who have been visiting relatives
west of Konomo, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Kenton Maddock and family, this
week.
The Pickett Jazz Band played at
the opening of the DeFord Store at
Hemlock, Saturday night. Those tak-ing
part were Misses Garnet Isaacs,
Florence Matchette, and Flossie Pic-kett
and Fred Garrett and Hanley
Pickett.
LOCAL GIRL WINS
PRIZE ESSAY AWARD
Miss Fern Powell, of Greentown High
School, Is Given First Prize for
Americanization Essay.
FORTY MANUSCRIPTS SUB-MITTED
TO CONTEST JUDGES
Commander Ball Is Prevented Appear-ance—
Program Is Well Liked and
Considered Great Success.
Before we can discuss how to make
America, American, we must try to
define an Ameriran. One may become
an American in name by being born
in America, or taking out naturaliza-tion
papers, but even these things
do not make them real Americans.
The real American is one in spirit
as well as in name. He obeys, re-spects
and reveres the laws of the
land, whether or not they please him.
His patriotism is shown by the fact
that he respects the flag and up-holds
the ideals for which it stands;
he is ready to serve both flag and
country to the best of his ability
whenever an opportunity is presented;
he will offer his time, talents and en-ergy
to make this country a better
place in which to live.
The French emigrant, Crevecoeur,
has given the following definition for
an American: " He is an American,
who, leaving behind him all his an-cient
prejudices and manners, receives
new ones frem the new mode of life
he has embraced, the new government
he obeys, and the new rank he holds.
He becomes an American by being re-ceived
into the broad lap of our great
' Alma Mater.' Here individuals of
all nations are melted into a new race
of men, whose labors and posterity
will one day cause great changes in
the world. Americans are the west-ern
pilgrims, who are carrying along
with them that great mass of arts,
sciences, vigor, and industry; which
began long since in the East. They
will finish the great circle. The
Americans were once scattered over
all Europe. Here they are incorpor-ated
into one of the finest systems
of population which has ever ap-peared.
The American is a new man
who acts upon new principles; he must
therefore entertain new ideas, and
form new opinions. From involun-tary
idleness, servile dependence.
penury and useless labor, he has
passed to toils of a different nature,
rewarded by ample subsistance.''
If every true American were offered
his choice of all the nations of the
earth in which to live, he would
choose America for his country. He
would realize that America is the land
of opportunity. He can go as far as
his abilities will carry him. There
are no traditions to hinder his
growth; no social distinction or caste
divisions to bar his development.
There is no compulsory military
service or religious persecution in
America. Everyone has equal
chances and rights. America is a land
of inspiration, of high ideals. The
higher the individual gets the more
eager people are to help him mount
higher, if he convinces them that his
purpose is for the betterment of hu-manity.
" The sky is the limit" to
anyone who comes t6 America, en-dowed
with honest endeavors, cease-
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I'm not takin mie ear tabs off un-til
I luk up in thu kalandar what kynd
of wether ut iz gain tu bee on ground-hoge
dae.
Mie kids haz broken up all ther
Kristmas prezents and wantin mar.
A deal was closed last Monday be-tween
Charles Ware and William
Lord, whereby the latter became the
owner of the Greentown Hatchery
and also the property owned by Mr.
Ware on East Grant street.
Mr. Lord has taken charge of the
business and is getting in readiness
for the spring rush The hatching
will start February 11. He will move
the household goods to the residence
about the 15th of February. Mr. Lord
has had experience and will no doubt
continue with the same success which
has been Mr. Ware's.
Mr. Ware will continue in the un-dertaking
business.
DEATH.
Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Emma Garr, a former
resident here, who died at her home in
Freetown, Jackson County, Sunday
night, following an illness of three
years. The remains will be brought
here for burial Wednesday. She is
survived by her father, Harrison Roe
of Kokomo, three brothers, Ross and
Lanson Roe of Kokomo, and Bert Roe
of Fort Wayne, and two sons Damon
and Eugene.
PEACE CLUB.
; Martha Long was hostess to the
Peace Club Monday evening from 3: 45
to 4: 45. The club is newly organ-ized,
this being their first meeting.
At the close of the hour, Mrs. Long
served refreshments of ice cream and
cakes to Dorothy Cates, Doris Mag-gart,
Lillian Vandenbark, Lois Mast,
Martha _ Long, Irene Holliday, Eliza-beth
Courts and Mary Jane and Mar-tha
Long.
MRS. CAROLINE M.
CON WAY St.. ICCI MSS
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Caroline M. Conway, aged 78 years,
whose death occurred from paralysis,
from which she has been' a sufferer
for some time, were conducted at the
Christian Church at West Liberty,
Sunday morning at 10: 30, - with Rev
S. C. M. Schwartz of Terhune, in
charge.
She had resided near the Tipton-
Howard line practically all of her life
and had many friends in the commun-ity.
Her death was not unexpected
as she had been ill many months.
Deceased is survived by the hus-band,
two daughters, Mrs. L. L. Shull
of Sharpsville, Mrs. M. 0. Dean of
near West Liberty, three ' sans, Ed-ward,
Fred and ', Wayne, one sister
Mrs. Mahala Covalt, and four broth-era,
Dr. C. M. Ware, Louis Ware,
J. W Ware of West Liberty and L.
S. Ware Of Greentown and many other
relatives.
COUNTY BEE GROWERS MEET.
C. W. Hamer, Lon Kemper, Harold
Sloan, George Cates, Clarence Coff-man,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gibson and
H. H. Weaver attended the County
Bee meeting held last Tuesday aft-ernoon
at the city hall in Kokomo.
Mr. Yost, secretary- treasurer of the
State Bee Growers' Association, and
Chief Inspector of the Division of
Entomology of the State Conserva-tion
Department, addressed the meet-ing.
The membership fee was re-duced
to 50c this year and an effort
will be made to increase the member-ship.
A big meeting is being planned
for June at which time, a rousing big
social time and big eats are the main
features.
LARKIN CLUB.
Mrs. Ellis Cates entertained the
Larkin Club at her home, Saturday
evening. Owing to tickness only a
small number of the members was
present, but a good time was enjoyed
by them. Refreshments were served
by the hostess to Mrs. Ralph Miller,
Mrs. Robert Ettinger, Mrs. Harvey
Street and daughter Jeanette, and
Mrs. Ray Moss.
JENKINS- HUGHES
Word has been received here of
the marriage of Mrs. Mae Jenkins, a
former resident of Greentown, and
Mr. J. W. Hughes, the wedding oc-curring
at Rains City, Fla., January
12. Mrs. Jenkins who has spent
many winters in the South since leav-ing
here, - has many friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fell entertained at,
dinner Friday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ful-wider,
Mr. and Mrs. H E. Murray
and Mr. William Scott of Logansport.
FREAK FIRE PICKS
FORD IN GARAGE
DOES ANYONE KNOW
WHERE GROUNDHOG LIVES?
Some years ago, it is reported, a
mar, blessed with a certain amount of
leisure, wandered a certain distance
from his doorstep on the second of
February, a bright and sunshiny
day, and encountered a groundhog.
It is also denoted on good author-ity
that " he who saw the first ground-hog"
was a pessimist. Had he been
an optimist, he probably would have
sought means forthwith to convert
him into shoe strings and been thank-ful.
PROTECTIVE ASSN.
Oyster Stews. Speeches and Music to
Be Had at Regular Monthly Meet-ing
Next Monday Evening.
The club will hold its regular
monthly meeting Monday evening,
February 4, at the I. 0. 0. F. dining
hall. After a course of oyster stews,
Judge Joe Cripe of Kokomo, will ad-dress
the club. The Judge is a force-ful
and entertaining speaker and will
be all there on a ringing talk, full of
fish hooks and 12- gauge ammunition.
Music will be intersperced. There
will be introduced at this meeting to
every member and prospective mem-ber
present a concrete demonstration
of the club's team that works the Fish
Pole Degree. This high bumper de-gree
is guaranteed to satisfy. It is
as yet a profound mystery in its se-crets
and its appointments known only
to the officers and staff of bait cut-ters.
To miss getting it will be a
personal loss that it will be hard for
this club even to supply.
A short business session will follow
but there will not be a boresome mo-ment
in the hall. Perhaps some seri-ous
talk will be indulged on the club's
attitude toward a Community Housa,
yet it will be snappy and no assess-ments,
pledges or collections will be
even hinted.
All this — oysters, speeches, music
and Fish Pole Degree — will tax the
patron a 50c piece per each. You
can get, your ticket of Secretary
George Ball, who by the way, will is-sue
you a club membership card for
a year for two- bits more. Also res-ervations
can be obtained at Man-ring's,
Weaver's, Ettinger's or of any
club member. ,
A representative delegation of the
club plans to attend the Kokomo
Isaak Walton fish dinner at the Fran-cis
Hotel tomorrow evening at 6: 30.
George M. Mannfeld, chief of the Fish
and Game Division of the State Con-servation
Department; the Rev. W. H.
McPhearson, lecturer for the Isaac
Walton League of America, together
with Mr. M. S. Heiss, national secre-tary
of the league, will be the speak-ers
of the evening. It is expected
that more than 100 fishermen and
others who are interested in conserva-tion
and propagation of fish and wild
life will be in attendance.
The articles furnished to seven of
the leading Indiana newspapers, with
Sunday editions by Mr. Gustav J.
T. Meyer of Indianapolis, are sought
by sportsmen and conservationists as
being truly authoritative. Mr. Meyer
has spent a life time in the open so
far as a busy man can do so. His is
purely a work of love. Wealthy in
his own right, he could command all
the advantages afield and astream,
but his efforts are for the poor man
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Blaze Destroys Machine Parked in
Midst of Cars and Trucks Filled
With Gasoline.
Machine Belonged to Ralph Titus—
Short Circuit Blamed— No Other
Damage Discovered.
Probably the most freakish fire in
the history of Greentown came to
light Monday morning when Ellis
Cates opened the doors of his place
of business and found the charred re-mains
of a Ford automobile in the
midst of several other cars and
trucks, one of which was a gasoline
truck filled with gasoline.
The burned auto belonged to Ralph
Titus, who, it is said, drove into the
Cates' barn Sunday night, intending
to leave his machine for the night.
The position of the wreckage
showed Titus parked his machine
within three feet of a touring car
and about the same distance from pile
of the large moving trucks belong-ing
to Cates. On the other side at a
distance of less than five feet, was the
office of the establishment which was
walled with inflamable lumber and
paper poster*.
No damage other than the burned
Ford could be discovered. The boards
of the office wall were scorched. It
is thought that the tank of the Ford
evidently did not contain a large
amount of gasoline, otherwise the re-sulting
explosion would have set fire
to the entire contents.
Although it was impossible to de-termine
the cause of the fire, it is
thought a short circuit from the bat-tery
set fire to oil and grease within
the hood. Titus was protected from
loss by insurance
It is estimated the place housed
six trucks as many automobile,
at the tins of the fire, hed the
building burned, would have resulted
Was a Victim of Paralysis-- Had Re- in several thousand dollars loss
sided in This Community for
Many Years.
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REBEKAH SOCIAL
The Grace Rebekah Lodge gave a
social following the regular lodge
session last Wednesday evening
which proved to be a pleasant affair.
The attendance was above the aver-age.
The committee in charge of the
lunch did credit to themselves by set-ting
a spread that made all glad they
were there. There is - to be work in
the near future and the degree staff,
especially is urged to attend regular-ly
for practice. The, annual get- to-gether
meeting is near at hand and
as this affair is always enjoyed by all
present, this year will- be no exrep-tion
to the previou Annual affairs.
The members are urged to attend reg-ularly
as there is something doing at
all of these meetings.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McQuiston en-tertained
at dinner Sunday, in honor
of the eleventh birthday of their son
Paul. The feature of the big dinner
was the birthday cake with eleven can-dies.
The guests were John and Letis
Campbell, Lowell Burt, Ervin Bryan,
Charles Lamb, Jack McQuiston, John
Snyder, Robert Haycock, Raymond
McQuiston and Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
McQuiston. The boys were furnished
with amusement for the afternoon
with ponies and sleds.
HANNAH- MOON.
Announcements Were received here
Saturday of the marriage of Miss
Ferne Hannah of Kokomo, and Mr.
Raymond Moon of near ' Fairmount,
which took place at St. Joseph, Mich.,
December 26. Mrs. Moon has visited
here several times and has many
friends here.
TO FILL PULPIT.
Mr. Richard Lee will again fill the
pulpit at the Christian Church ,4
West Liberty next Sunday. On i. Jk.
count of cold weather two weeks . qgo,
the crowd was somewhat smaller .. 0an
usual. It is hoped all will be able to
hear him at this date.
LADIES' AID. .
The M. E. Ladies Aid met at the
home of Mrs. Clara Curless Wednes-day
afternoon for work. The meeting
was to have been a social at the home
of Mrs. C. E., Wright but was post-poned
on account of sickness.
FORMER RESIDENT ILL.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Florence Richardson, a former
resident of Greentown, is very ill at
her home at Rockville, Ind. She is
suffering with sugar diabetes and is
not expected to recover.
Max Hittle spent Saturday with his
grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Scherer.
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M s. Dora Leming is on the sickt Mrs. Mat Romack spent Saturday
list. in Kokomo.
Mrs. Covalt is spending the day Mrs. Frank Wise was a Kokomo
visitor, Saturday.
Mrs. Arvilla Linville spent Friday
in Kokomo.
Leo Seagraves made a business trip
to Kokomo, Monday.
Miss Blanche Smith spent Saturday
visitor Saturday. morning in Kokomo.
Mrs. Ellis Cates spent Tuesday with Elijah Haworth, living east of here,
is reported on the sick list.
J. H. McCann and wife spent the
week end with Ray Green and wife.
_ Miss Ethel McKenzie spent the
week end with friends at Montpelier.
Mrs. Orley Smith was the guest of
Mrs. Ernest Fleming, Saturday after-noon.
Truman Pierce of Kokomo, spent
the week end with Gilbert Collins and
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Timmummumilimmilimmimmumuummummiumminiummilmimmi0
in Marion.
Mrs. Jane Hammer spent Saturday
in Kokomo.
Raymond Allen spent Sunday at his
home near Swayzee.
Miss Thelma Scherer was a Marion
Ray Moss and wife, east of here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lige Gallion spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: John Hunt.
Miss Marguerite Babcock was the_
Monday night guest of Florence Bell.
Miss Ruth Thomas visited Mrs. Will
Ham Lord from Saturday until Mon-day.
Mrs. U. S. Brannen was reported on
the sick list the latter part of last
GREENTOWN HATCHERY
PURCHASED BY WM. LORD
DISCOVERED WHEN DOORS
WERE OPENED NEXT MORNING
THE GREEN TOWN GEM
SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION
—
FE l a GC per 1 or - 1- 19 e. people of Soastarz7 t ) 0m7 1.- y $ 1.50 Per Vests.
NUMBER 27.
THIRTIETH
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924.
Lon Hosier and wife were Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ones Smith were Sun-dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. - day dinner guests of Charles Hague
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker spent
Sunday with their son Floyd Walker
and family.
Mr. and Mrs C. W. Hamer visited
Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mast at Swayzee,
last Friday.
Miss Margaret Wooton attended a
Valentine party given at Kokomo,
Fenn.
John Gentry of near Sycamore, is
recoveting from an attack of penu-monia.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley Golding made
a business trip to Kokomo, Monday
afternoon.
Miss Lida Bogue was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Os Zirkle and
Mr. and Mts. Charles Hague and
family spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. Orley Smith.
Mrs. Harvey Street spent Tuesday
at Sycamore at the home of Arthur dinner guests Friday evening of Dr.
Cranor and family. and Mrs. E. U. Powell.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Coffin of Tipton, Mr and Mrs. Earl Mast and chil-were
guests of R. C. Holman and fam dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
ily; Tuesday evening.
Lowell Brumit attended the hard-ware
convention at Indianapolis, Tues-day
and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Zirkle were
Sunday evening guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Merl.; Bagwell.
N. W. King at Amboy.
Miss Cleo Fowler of Kokomo, spent
the week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Shird Fowler.
Earl Armstrong left last Friday
for Leetoria, Ky., where he will be
employed on the railroad.
Alaio, and Mrs. Lora Armfield were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Street and
• est of — 4' 5 reit. vi, ed Jar Trott ar I farn-and
family, Wednesday.' . at E.•; Crin • re. St/ may. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Rosco, Collins visited Misses Mildred Smeltzer and Edra
Mr. and Mrs. Obe Murphy and chil-dren
at Logansport, Sunday.
Mrs. Morris Payton and son went
to Sidney, 0., Saturday to join Mr.
Payton, who is employed there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Symons of Jer-ome,
spent Wednesday with Bert Sy-mons
and family of Greentown.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Applegate vis-ited
their daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ault
and children at Kokomo, last Thurs-day.
Ronald Freeman, student at Pit,
due University, came Monday for a
few days' visit with friends and rela-tives.
Pan Echelbarger and famik of near
Point Isabel, were dinner guests Sun-day
of Mr. and Mrs. William Wag-gaman.
Miss Madge Kilander visited her
parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kilander,
north of here, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gowan and
daughter Annabelle, of Swayzee, were
guests of Marvin Babcock and fam-ily,
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Glen Kelley and chil-dren
Ruth and Wilbur, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lora Armfield, west of Cen-ter,
Sunday.
Mrs U. S. Brannen had as guests,
Wednesday. Mrs. 0. C. Hunsinger,
Mrs. H. J. Middlesworth, and Miss Ida
Woodmansee.
Mr. and Mrs. LOT1 Kemper enter-tained
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ora
Hunsinger, Miss Ida Woodmansee and
Clint Hunsinger.
Mrs. Sadie Shrader returned home
Sunday night after spending the past
week with her daughter, Mrs. Lands
Lord and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Foland en-tertained
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Chest-er
Wright and son and Jack Rosen-heimer
and family.
Miss Margaret Wooton was a guest
at a dinner party Tuesday evening,
given by Miss Nola Sandy for Miss
Margaret Critchlow.
Mrs. Harry Lindley returned to
Gary, Saturday, after an extended
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Smith and family.
Glen DeLong and family and Mrs.
Walker and daughter Francis, of Ko-komo,
were dinner guests Sunday of
J. W. DeLong and family.
Mrs. Robert Ettinger and Mrs.
Ralph Miller spent last Wednesday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mat-chette
and family, east of here.
Hanley Golding and wife visited his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Golding
and family, north of here, Sunday.
Miss Mabel Johnson was also a guest
there.
Charles Ware and wife, L. S. Ware,
daughter and granddaughter, Mrs.
Angie Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Har-old
Ware, attended the funeral of Mrs.
Caroline Conway at West Liberty,
Sunday morning, and were dinner
guests of J. W. Ware and wife.
Rev C. L. White and wife were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Lee and baby, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fulwider were
Over forty essays were submitted
in the Americanization contest con-ducted
by the local post of the Amer-ican
Legion which held an entertain-ment
in connection with the award-ing
of prizes at the high school build-ing.
Tuesday evening.
First prize in the senior high school
of ten dollars in gold was awarded to However, according to the legend,
Miss Fern Powell of Greentown, with such was not the case. That is, in- - Priday night.
the second awarded to Miss Vera terpreting it with a certain amount famiRlyo, b Serut nHd. a yh. d wife were din- Rev. J. W. Lower was the dinner
schools. First prize in the junior
high school contests went to Miss
Vivian Curless, of the Union Town-ship
School, and second to Miss Char-lene
Ervin, of Greentown. Both first
prizes were of ten. dollars in gold and
second five dollars.
Although the attendance was keen-ly
disappointed in the fact that State
Commander Ball, of the Legion, was
prevented appearing as the principal
speaker, F. B. Neyhart, local com-mander,
expressed complete satisfac-tion
with the program. Commander
Ball was unable to appear because of
illness.
The principal address on the pro-gram
was made by Prof. Snyder, of
the Greentown High School. Other
features of the program included com-munity
singing, songs by the Union tbove. Even he is doubtful.
High School quartette, and solos
GeFoorgrem Haelf fpi rinesentation of the awards Ca Er-• ‘. F:' SE G. Tc ) 131-
was made by W. W. Dragoo.
Following is Miss Powell's essay:,
How to Make American, American
Body, of the Howard Township of poetic license, the observer was guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Hul-convinced
that because the groundhog I1' er guests of Frank McCann and fam-was
a groundhog and the second of ily, Wednesday. linger, Friday.
February was that year sunshiny, Mrs. Harry Woods and Mrs. Almon Rev. George Cole returned here Fri-there
must be a startling significance Hunt were shopping in Kokomo, Sat- lay after helping in a revival meet-attached
thereto. urday morning. I ine., - near Lafayette.
ruminated at great length on
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stahl were Arthur Vanlue of near Converse,
haHving met the littele creature . Saun- Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. arid spent Thursday with his father, Al-tered
home Took pen in hand. And Mrs. F. M. Covalt. bert Vanlue and wife.
to this day, humanity is favored with
the great fact that inasmuch as said
groundhog was enabled to see his
shadow, because of said sunshine,
everafter, under like circumstances,
the weather would not be so good for
six weeks. Or was it one, or eight ?
Having performed a great work for
humanity, the ancient prognosticator
called it a day, unfortunately leaving
the world in ' the dark in event the
day had been cloudy.
The hog in question is pictured
Hawkins attended the show at the
Victory, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Millie Barrett of Kokomo,
spent Thursday here with Miss Mad-eline
Woods and other friends.
Torn Fenn and Lon Hosier attended
the funeral of Mrs. Charles Conway
at West Liberty, Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Lamb visited
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ell
Warnock and family at Kokomo, Sun-day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Trott of Syca-more,
visited their daughter, Mrs.
Harvey Street and family, Wednes-day.
Miss Alta Maddock of west of Ko-komo,
spent the week end here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Mad-dock.
Miss Marjorie Mason of Kokomo,
was the guest Thursday afternoon and
night of Mrs. Jennie Gallion and other
relatives.
Mrs. Edith Coss of Indianapolis,
visited her sister, Mrs. Marvin Bab-cock
and family, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Sabilla Powell visited her
daughter, Mrs. Florence Hughes, and
other relatives at Kokomo, over the
week end.
Mrs. Elijah Haworth visited Mrs
Della Haworth and daughter Mary, at
Kokomo, from Friday until Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manring went
to Frankfort. Wednesday, for a few
days' visit with their son, John Man-ring
and wife.
Miss Blanche Byrant and Dr. Don-ald
Woods of Swavzee, were: dinner
guests Sunday of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 0. J. Woods.
Mr. William Scott returned to his
home at Logansport, Monday after
a several days' visit with Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Murray.
Chester Gang spent Thursday in
Elkhart and was accompanied home
by Mrs. Gang who had visited there
the past four weeks.
Harry Clymer, wife and daughter,
of near Peru, visited Mrs. Clymer's
sister, Mrs. Lowell Brumit and fam-ily,
Saturday night and Sunday.
Frank McCann and family were
Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Cohee. Mrs. Cohee is slowly recover-ing
from a cold and complications.
Letus Lamb and family entertained
Sunday J. B. Freeman and wife, Rolla
Freeman and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Lamb and daughter Violet.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Maddock of Da-kota,
who have been visiting relatives
west of Konomo, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Kenton Maddock and family, this
week.
The Pickett Jazz Band played at
the opening of the DeFord Store at
Hemlock, Saturday night. Those tak-ing
part were Misses Garnet Isaacs,
Florence Matchette, and Flossie Pic-kett
and Fred Garrett and Hanley
Pickett.
LOCAL GIRL WINS
PRIZE ESSAY AWARD
Miss Fern Powell, of Greentown High
School, Is Given First Prize for
Americanization Essay.
FORTY MANUSCRIPTS SUB-MITTED
TO CONTEST JUDGES
Commander Ball Is Prevented Appear-ance—
Program Is Well Liked and
Considered Great Success.
Before we can discuss how to make
America, American, we must try to
define an Ameriran. One may become
an American in name by being born
in America, or taking out naturaliza-tion
papers, but even these things
do not make them real Americans.
The real American is one in spirit
as well as in name. He obeys, re-spects
and reveres the laws of the
land, whether or not they please him.
His patriotism is shown by the fact
that he respects the flag and up-holds
the ideals for which it stands;
he is ready to serve both flag and
country to the best of his ability
whenever an opportunity is presented;
he will offer his time, talents and en-ergy
to make this country a better
place in which to live.
The French emigrant, Crevecoeur,
has given the following definition for
an American: " He is an American,
who, leaving behind him all his an-cient
prejudices and manners, receives
new ones frem the new mode of life
he has embraced, the new government
he obeys, and the new rank he holds.
He becomes an American by being re-ceived
into the broad lap of our great
' Alma Mater.' Here individuals of
all nations are melted into a new race
of men, whose labors and posterity
will one day cause great changes in
the world. Americans are the west-ern
pilgrims, who are carrying along
with them that great mass of arts,
sciences, vigor, and industry; which
began long since in the East. They
will finish the great circle. The
Americans were once scattered over
all Europe. Here they are incorpor-ated
into one of the finest systems
of population which has ever ap-peared.
The American is a new man
who acts upon new principles; he must
therefore entertain new ideas, and
form new opinions. From involun-tary
idleness, servile dependence.
penury and useless labor, he has
passed to toils of a different nature,
rewarded by ample subsistance.''
If every true American were offered
his choice of all the nations of the
earth in which to live, he would
choose America for his country. He
would realize that America is the land
of opportunity. He can go as far as
his abilities will carry him. There
are no traditions to hinder his
growth; no social distinction or caste
divisions to bar his development.
There is no compulsory military
service or religious persecution in
America. Everyone has equal
chances and rights. America is a land
of inspiration, of high ideals. The
higher the individual gets the more
eager people are to help him mount
higher, if he convinces them that his
purpose is for the betterment of hu-manity.
" The sky is the limit" to
anyone who comes t6 America, en-dowed
with honest endeavors, cease-
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I'm not takin mie ear tabs off un-til
I luk up in thu kalandar what kynd
of wether ut iz gain tu bee on ground-hoge
dae.
Mie kids haz broken up all ther
Kristmas prezents and wantin mar.
A deal was closed last Monday be-tween
Charles Ware and William
Lord, whereby the latter became the
owner of the Greentown Hatchery
and also the property owned by Mr.
Ware on East Grant street.
Mr. Lord has taken charge of the
business and is getting in readiness
for the spring rush The hatching
will start February 11. He will move
the household goods to the residence
about the 15th of February. Mr. Lord
has had experience and will no doubt
continue with the same success which
has been Mr. Ware's.
Mr. Ware will continue in the un-dertaking
business.
DEATH.
Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Emma Garr, a former
resident here, who died at her home in
Freetown, Jackson County, Sunday
night, following an illness of three
years. The remains will be brought
here for burial Wednesday. She is
survived by her father, Harrison Roe
of Kokomo, three brothers, Ross and
Lanson Roe of Kokomo, and Bert Roe
of Fort Wayne, and two sons Damon
and Eugene.
PEACE CLUB.
; Martha Long was hostess to the
Peace Club Monday evening from 3: 45
to 4: 45. The club is newly organ-ized,
this being their first meeting.
At the close of the hour, Mrs. Long
served refreshments of ice cream and
cakes to Dorothy Cates, Doris Mag-gart,
Lillian Vandenbark, Lois Mast,
Martha _ Long, Irene Holliday, Eliza-beth
Courts and Mary Jane and Mar-tha
Long.
MRS. CAROLINE M.
CON WAY St.. ICCI MSS
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Caroline M. Conway, aged 78 years,
whose death occurred from paralysis,
from which she has been' a sufferer
for some time, were conducted at the
Christian Church at West Liberty,
Sunday morning at 10: 30, - with Rev
S. C. M. Schwartz of Terhune, in
charge.
She had resided near the Tipton-
Howard line practically all of her life
and had many friends in the commun-ity.
Her death was not unexpected
as she had been ill many months.
Deceased is survived by the hus-band,
two daughters, Mrs. L. L. Shull
of Sharpsville, Mrs. M. 0. Dean of
near West Liberty, three ' sans, Ed-ward,
Fred and ', Wayne, one sister
Mrs. Mahala Covalt, and four broth-era,
Dr. C. M. Ware, Louis Ware,
J. W Ware of West Liberty and L.
S. Ware Of Greentown and many other
relatives.
COUNTY BEE GROWERS MEET.
C. W. Hamer, Lon Kemper, Harold
Sloan, George Cates, Clarence Coff-man,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gibson and
H. H. Weaver attended the County
Bee meeting held last Tuesday aft-ernoon
at the city hall in Kokomo.
Mr. Yost, secretary- treasurer of the
State Bee Growers' Association, and
Chief Inspector of the Division of
Entomology of the State Conserva-tion
Department, addressed the meet-ing.
The membership fee was re-duced
to 50c this year and an effort
will be made to increase the member-ship.
A big meeting is being planned
for June at which time, a rousing big
social time and big eats are the main
features.
LARKIN CLUB.
Mrs. Ellis Cates entertained the
Larkin Club at her home, Saturday
evening. Owing to tickness only a
small number of the members was
present, but a good time was enjoyed
by them. Refreshments were served
by the hostess to Mrs. Ralph Miller,
Mrs. Robert Ettinger, Mrs. Harvey
Street and daughter Jeanette, and
Mrs. Ray Moss.
JENKINS- HUGHES
Word has been received here of
the marriage of Mrs. Mae Jenkins, a
former resident of Greentown, and
Mr. J. W. Hughes, the wedding oc-curring
at Rains City, Fla., January
12. Mrs. Jenkins who has spent
many winters in the South since leav-ing
here, - has many friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fell entertained at,
dinner Friday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ful-wider,
Mr. and Mrs. H E. Murray
and Mr. William Scott of Logansport.
FREAK FIRE PICKS
FORD IN GARAGE
DOES ANYONE KNOW
WHERE GROUNDHOG LIVES?
Some years ago, it is reported, a
mar, blessed with a certain amount of
leisure, wandered a certain distance
from his doorstep on the second of
February, a bright and sunshiny
day, and encountered a groundhog.
It is also denoted on good author-ity
that " he who saw the first ground-hog"
was a pessimist. Had he been
an optimist, he probably would have
sought means forthwith to convert
him into shoe strings and been thank-ful.
PROTECTIVE ASSN.
Oyster Stews. Speeches and Music to
Be Had at Regular Monthly Meet-ing
Next Monday Evening.
The club will hold its regular
monthly meeting Monday evening,
February 4, at the I. 0. 0. F. dining
hall. After a course of oyster stews,
Judge Joe Cripe of Kokomo, will ad-dress
the club. The Judge is a force-ful
and entertaining speaker and will
be all there on a ringing talk, full of
fish hooks and 12- gauge ammunition.
Music will be intersperced. There
will be introduced at this meeting to
every member and prospective mem-ber
present a concrete demonstration
of the club's team that works the Fish
Pole Degree. This high bumper de-gree
is guaranteed to satisfy. It is
as yet a profound mystery in its se-crets
and its appointments known only
to the officers and staff of bait cut-ters.
To miss getting it will be a
personal loss that it will be hard for
this club even to supply.
A short business session will follow
but there will not be a boresome mo-ment
in the hall. Perhaps some seri-ous
talk will be indulged on the club's
attitude toward a Community Housa,
yet it will be snappy and no assess-ments,
pledges or collections will be
even hinted.
All this — oysters, speeches, music
and Fish Pole Degree — will tax the
patron a 50c piece per each. You
can get, your ticket of Secretary
George Ball, who by the way, will is-sue
you a club membership card for
a year for two- bits more. Also res-ervations
can be obtained at Man-ring's,
Weaver's, Ettinger's or of any
club member. ,
A representative delegation of the
club plans to attend the Kokomo
Isaak Walton fish dinner at the Fran-cis
Hotel tomorrow evening at 6: 30.
George M. Mannfeld, chief of the Fish
and Game Division of the State Con-servation
Department; the Rev. W. H.
McPhearson, lecturer for the Isaac
Walton League of America, together
with Mr. M. S. Heiss, national secre-tary
of the league, will be the speak-ers
of the evening. It is expected
that more than 100 fishermen and
others who are interested in conserva-tion
and propagation of fish and wild
life will be in attendance.
The articles furnished to seven of
the leading Indiana newspapers, with
Sunday editions by Mr. Gustav J.
T. Meyer of Indianapolis, are sought
by sportsmen and conservationists as
being truly authoritative. Mr. Meyer
has spent a life time in the open so
far as a busy man can do so. His is
purely a work of love. Wealthy in
his own right, he could command all
the advantages afield and astream,
but his efforts are for the poor man
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Blaze Destroys Machine Parked in
Midst of Cars and Trucks Filled
With Gasoline.
Machine Belonged to Ralph Titus—
Short Circuit Blamed— No Other
Damage Discovered.
Probably the most freakish fire in
the history of Greentown came to
light Monday morning when Ellis
Cates opened the doors of his place
of business and found the charred re-mains
of a Ford automobile in the
midst of several other cars and
trucks, one of which was a gasoline
truck filled with gasoline.
The burned auto belonged to Ralph
Titus, who, it is said, drove into the
Cates' barn Sunday night, intending
to leave his machine for the night.
The position of the wreckage
showed Titus parked his machine
within three feet of a touring car
and about the same distance from pile
of the large moving trucks belong-ing
to Cates. On the other side at a
distance of less than five feet, was the
office of the establishment which was
walled with inflamable lumber and
paper poster*.
No damage other than the burned
Ford could be discovered. The boards
of the office wall were scorched. It
is thought that the tank of the Ford
evidently did not contain a large
amount of gasoline, otherwise the re-sulting
explosion would have set fire
to the entire contents.
Although it was impossible to de-termine
the cause of the fire, it is
thought a short circuit from the bat-tery
set fire to oil and grease within
the hood. Titus was protected from
loss by insurance
It is estimated the place housed
six trucks as many automobile,
at the tins of the fire, hed the
building burned, would have resulted
Was a Victim of Paralysis-- Had Re- in several thousand dollars loss
sided in This Community for
Many Years.
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REBEKAH SOCIAL
The Grace Rebekah Lodge gave a
social following the regular lodge
session last Wednesday evening
which proved to be a pleasant affair.
The attendance was above the aver-age.
The committee in charge of the
lunch did credit to themselves by set-ting
a spread that made all glad they
were there. There is - to be work in
the near future and the degree staff,
especially is urged to attend regular-ly
for practice. The, annual get- to-gether
meeting is near at hand and
as this affair is always enjoyed by all
present, this year will- be no exrep-tion
to the previou Annual affairs.
The members are urged to attend reg-ularly
as there is something doing at
all of these meetings.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McQuiston en-tertained
at dinner Sunday, in honor
of the eleventh birthday of their son
Paul. The feature of the big dinner
was the birthday cake with eleven can-dies.
The guests were John and Letis
Campbell, Lowell Burt, Ervin Bryan,
Charles Lamb, Jack McQuiston, John
Snyder, Robert Haycock, Raymond
McQuiston and Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
McQuiston. The boys were furnished
with amusement for the afternoon
with ponies and sleds.
HANNAH- MOON.
Announcements Were received here
Saturday of the marriage of Miss
Ferne Hannah of Kokomo, and Mr.
Raymond Moon of near ' Fairmount,
which took place at St. Joseph, Mich.,
December 26. Mrs. Moon has visited
here several times and has many
friends here.
TO FILL PULPIT.
Mr. Richard Lee will again fill the
pulpit at the Christian Church ,4
West Liberty next Sunday. On i. Jk.
count of cold weather two weeks . qgo,
the crowd was somewhat smaller .. 0an
usual. It is hoped all will be able to
hear him at this date.
LADIES' AID. .
The M. E. Ladies Aid met at the
home of Mrs. Clara Curless Wednes-day
afternoon for work. The meeting
was to have been a social at the home
of Mrs. C. E., Wright but was post-poned
on account of sickness.
FORMER RESIDENT ILL.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Florence Richardson, a former
resident of Greentown, is very ill at
her home at Rockville, Ind. She is
suffering with sugar diabetes and is
not expected to recover.
Max Hittle spent Saturday with his
grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Scherer.
Arin ■